Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 2006

Ethiopia
2006
Total fertility rate: 6.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.05 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (266 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 3,315,760 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.05
Births
3,315,760
Births per 1,000 people
41.1
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
80,703,490
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-145.80.5%30,373
15-19133.411.0%565,535
20-24253.321.0%821,760
25-29265.922.0%742,097
30-34240.819.9%569,931
35-39179.914.9%374,241
40-4498.08.1%169,904
45-4929.82.5%40,126
50-541.70.1%1,793